Press Releases
AWP, Backed by Kohlberg & Co., Announces Strategic Acquisitions of MOTPlans, LLC and CrossRoads, LP
North Canton, Ohio – Area Wide Protective (“AWP”), America’s leading safety company supporting utility, broadband and infrastructure upgrades and expansion, […]AWP Backed by Kohlberg & Co., Expands U.S. Footprint into Pacific Northwest with Acquisition of Northwest Traffic Services
North Canton, Ohio – Area Wide Protective (“AWP”), America’s leading provider of traffic control services that support infrastructure upgrades and […]Area Wide Protective Appoints George Bullock III as Chief Financial Officer
North Canton, Ohio – April 26, 2022 – Area Wide Protective (AWP), the leading North American provider of traffic control services […]Statewide Safety Systems is 2021 Lindsay Road Safety Products Distributor of the Year
Lindsay also presents individual Customer First Innovation Award to Rex Nepomuceno, Statewide product sales specialist North Canton, Ohio – […]Area Wide Protective Names Rob Sehnert President and CEO
Ron Childress assumes roles of AWP executive chairman and operating partner at Kohlberg & Company LLC North Canton, Ohio – […]AREA WIDE PROTECTIVE, BACKED BY KOHLBERG & CO., ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC ACQUISITIONS OF STATEWIDE SAFETY SYSTEMS AND TRAFFICADE’S TRAFFIC SAFETY DIVISIONS
Transformational acquisitions of traffic control and safety services companies establish AWP as a market-leading platform for infrastructure field-based services. North […]Sypek to Retire, Childress Named Chairman & CEO
Area Wide Protective announced today that John Sypek is retiring as President & CEO of Area Wide Protective (AWP, Inc.) […]AWP Acquires Advantage Barricade & RoadMarks and Traffic Safety Rentals
– PRESS RELEASE – Contact: Kristina Schnepf, Chief Commercial Officer, AWP Email: kschnepf@awptraffic.com AWP Acquires Advantage Barricade & RoadMarks and […]
AWP to Hire Nearly 1,000 Team Members by June 30
– PRESS RELEASE – Leading traffic control company expands operations by almost 25% (North Canton, Ohio) May 5, 2020 – […]Protecting People & Business Continuity During COVID-19
AWP has been actively monitoring and preparing for the arrival of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the array of impacts it […]
Many Gains with Addition of Colorado Team
Long before AWP acquired Northern Colorado Traffic Control last spring, it was clear that the two companies had much in […]
